Amid tumultuous times in federal labor and employment law in 2025, Colorado's General Assembly has enacted several key modifications to laws impacting employers with Colorado employees – from wage-and-hour enforcement and...more
7/1/2025
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Employer Responsibilities ,
Immigrants ,
New Legislation ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Leave ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
State Labor Laws ,
Transgender ,
Wage and Hour
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on June 3, 2025, signed House Bill (HB) 25-1208 into law in an effort to alleviate economic stress on the restaurant industry in Colorado by permitting localities to reduce the minimum wage for...more
6/12/2025
/ Employer Responsibilities ,
Governor Polis ,
Labor Reform ,
Local Ordinance ,
Minimum Wage ,
Municipalities ,
New Legislation ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Restaurant Industry ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tipped Employees ,
Wage and Hour
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision on June 5, 2025, resolving a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit split in the matter of Ames v. Ohio Dep't. of Youth Servs., 605 U.S. ____ (2025). The Supreme Court...more
6/10/2025
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Appeals ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Evidentiary Standards ,
Legal History ,
McDonnell Douglas Formula ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Split of Authority ,
Title VII